Probable Prelims Topics #185

✅PINK LAKE/ LAKE RETBA

👉Location: It is located north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, northeast of Dakar.
👉The pink coloration is due to the proliferation of halophilic green algae (living in a salty environment), Dunaliella salina, which contain red pigments.

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Probable Prelims Topics #186

✅Bromeliads are plants that store water in their leaves
✅They are epiphytes, which means they grow on other plants but do not harm them.
✅Bromeliads are found in a variety of habitats, including rainforests, deserts, and high-altitude regions.

👉👉The most well known bromeliad is the pineapples.

❓Have you read Classification of Plant Kingdom ?

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Probable Prelims Topics #187

✅Hazardous chemicals such as 👉phthalates,
👉octoxynols, and
👉nonoxynol
are often present in counterfeit perfumes and can have adverse health effects, including hormone disruption and birth defects.

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Probable Prelims Topics #188

✅A solid-state battery is essentially battery technology that uses a solid electrolyte instead of liquid electrolytes which are instead behind lithium-ion technology.

❗️Prepare the properties of Lithium and it's major Reserves !

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Probable Prelims Topics #189

✅Foliar application refers to the practice of feeding plants by drizzling liquid fertiliser on their leaves rather than the soil.4 Aug 2023

✅Read in context with Liquid Nano Area.
👉It is developed to replace conventional urea and it can curtail the requirement of the same by at least 50%.

👉It has been indigenously developed at IFFCO- Nano Biotechnology Research Centre, Kalol, Gujrat.

👉This fertiliser is a foliar spray, meaning it should only be used once leaves arrive on the crops.

❓ Prepare the topic of Fertilizers properly. Becomes Important.

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Prelims Probable Topics #190

✅For example, the polar bears survive very well in low temperatures, but would die of overheating in the tropics.

❗️❗️Revise the Niche areas of Important species well.

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Probable Prelims Topics #191

👉BonFIRE TECHNOLOGY

✅Researchers have developed BonFIRE, a cutting-edge microscopy technique that combines fluorescence and vibrational microscopy.

✅This new approach offers unparalleled single-molecule imaging and uses isotopes to create various vibrational colors, providing deep insights into biological molecules and processes.

❗️Read once related topics
👉flip mutation

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✅✅ Below is the list of Important CURRENT AFFAIRS Topics from the NEXT IAS ALL INDIA MOCK TEST- ANUBHAVA- 4 & 5

1) Leads 2023 Report
2) E-soil
3) Kallakadal

4) Glucosinolates
5) Melanochlany Draupadi
6) Kinmen Island

7) New Car Assessment Program
8) Babertone Greenstone Belt
9) Lakshadweep Islands


✅ A detailed post on all of the above Topics will be shared soon.

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Probable Prelims Topics #192

✅Released by- Ministry of Commerce and Industry

✅LEADS was conceived on the lines of the Logistics Performance Index of World Bank in 2018.

👉👉India ranked 38th out of 139 countries in LPI 2023.

❗️❗️Prepare National Logistics Policy holistically- targets, initiatives etc.

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Probable Prelims Topics #193

✅In hydroponic environments, eSoil is a low-power bioelectronic growth substrate that can electrically stimulate the root system and growth environment of plants.
✅This novel substrate is not only environmentally friendly( consumes very less water ), being derived from cellulose and a conductive polymer called PEDOT.

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Probable Prelims Topics #194

✅Kallakkadal refers to coastal flooding caused by swell waves during the pre-monsoon season (April-May) and sometimes during post monsoon along the southwest coast of India.

✅RELATED TOPICS
👉INCOIS
●under Ministry of Earth Science
●HQ- Hyderabad

❓Read once about How they differ from Tsunami ?

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Probable Prelims Topics #195

✅In the new research, Glucosinolates are synthesised in the leaves and pod walls of mustard plants.

✅The researchers have edited 10 out of the 12 GTR genes in ‘VARUNA’, a high-yielding Indian mustard variety.

‼️Prepare GM crops and Associated bodies - GEAC with it.

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Probable Prelims Topics #196

✅The sea slug is described as a small invertebrate, with a maximum length of up to 7 mm.

✅It has a brownish-black colouration with a distinctive ruby-red spot located at the hind end.

✅The species is hermaphroditic, meaning individuals possess both male and female reproductive organs.

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Probable Prelims Topics #197

✅The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has rolled out an indigenous star-rating system for crash testing cars.

✅the rating system will be voluntary and will come into effect from October 1, 2023.

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Probable Prelims Topics #198

✅Kinmen Island, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed by Taiwan.

✅Location:
👉In reference to China: At the southeastern coast of the People’s Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay.
To the east of Xiamen.
👉In reference to Taiwan: On the west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.

‼️ Map the area carefully.

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Probable Prelims Topics #199

✅It is known for its gold mineralisation and for its KOMATIITES, an unusual type of ultramafic volcanic rock named after the Komati River that flows through the belt.

✅The Makhonjwa Mountains make up 40% of the Baberton belt.

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Probable Prelims Topics #200

✅There are three main group of islands:
👉Amindivi Islands
👉Laccadive Islands
👉Minicoy Island.
Amindivi Islands are the northernmost while Minicoy island is the southernmost.

✅Lakshadweep has a tropical climate and it has an average temperature of 27° C – 32° C.

✅The Blue Flag Certification has been accorded to two new beaches
👉 Minicoy Thundi Beach and
👉Kadmat Beach

‼️ Prepare the 8° and 9° Channels
along with Mapping of Maldives !

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Following is the list of the IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS TOPICS from NEXT IAS ALL INDIA MOCK TEST- 1,2 & 3

1) UNESCO Creative Cities Network
2) Electrified flex fuel vehicles
3) Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus

4) High-Altitude Pseudo Satellite
5) PRITHVI Scheme
6) UN World Restoration Flagship
7) Econonic Railway Corridors

8) Esequibo River
9) Urban Infrastructure DEVELOPMENT Fund
10)Project Cheetah

11)SHRESHTHA Scheme
12)PM JANMAN
13)VAIBHAV Fellowship

14)L69 group
15)Self reliant India Fund
16)PM VISHWAKARMA

✅A detailed post on all of the above Topics will be shared soon.

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Probable Prelims Topics #201

✅The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004.

✅UNESCO designates the creative cities in seven fields: craft, folk art, media arts, film design, gastronomy, literature, and music.

✅The applications in India are routed through the Ministry of Culture.

✅Other Indian cities which are added to this network
👉Srinagar and Jaipur: in the field of crafts and folk arts
👉Mumbai: Film category
👉Chennai and Varanasi: Music category
👉Hyderabad: Gastronomy category.

‼️UNESCO is an important international organisation . Prepare sincerely.

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Probable Prelims Topics #202

✅An Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle has both a Flexi Fuel engine and an electric powertrain.

✅Flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) have an internal combustion engine and are capable of operating on gasoline and any blend of gasoline and ethanol up to 83%.

✅India is the fifth largest manufacturer of ethanol, following the US, Brazil, the European Union and China.

❓Prepare EV initiatives like FAME , Green Hydrogen Mission along with this. Becomes very important.

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Probable Prelims Topics #203

✅It is a zoonotic disease.

✅It is also known as “monkey disease/monkey fever” because of its association with monkey deaths.

✅Transmission: It is transmitted through the bite of ticks and bonnet.

👉👉No specific treatment for KFD is available.

❓Prepare other viruses- Zika virus, Nipah Virus as well.

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